2009 in Norway

• Monarch – Harald V
• Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian Labour Party)

File:Bill og Melinda Gates 2009-06-03 (bilde 05).JPG Jens Stoltenberg (second left) and his wife Ingrid Schulerud (left), meet with Bill Gates (second right) and his wife Melinda Gates (right) at the visit to the Oslo Opera House, on 3 June 2009.]]

File:Full City.jpg in August 2009.]]

File:Jens monitor 140909.jpg continue as Prime Minister of Norway following the 2009 Parliamentary election.]]

File:Horbjorn Jagland presents President Barack Obama with the Nobel Prize medal and diploma.jpg presents to U.S. President Barack Obama with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Rådhuset Main Hall at Oslo City Hall, in December 2009.]]

• 1 January:
• Same-sex marriage became legal in Norway when a gender neutral marriage bill was enacted after being passed by the Norwegian legislature in June 2008.{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jko_BIHizUFFqUtmEaUrAEoPXFWw |title=Norway adopts gay marriage law |access-date=22 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913230714/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jko_BIHizUFFqUtmEaUrAEoPXFWw |archive-date=13 September 2012 |df=dmy }}{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-06-17-gaymarriage_N.htm | work=USA Today | title=New law in Norway grants gay couples marriage rights | date=17 June 2008| access-date=22 September 2010 }} Norway became the first Scandinavian country and the sixth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
• A new Norwegian prostitution law (Sexkjøpsloven) bans the buying of sexual favours rather than selling (the client commits a crime, but not the prostitute).

• 10 March – Varg Vikernes is released on parole having served almost 16 years of a 21 years (life) sentence for murder.{{Cite news| title= Varg Vikernes ute på prøve | url= http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=557287 | work= Verdens Gang | location= Oslo, Norway | agency= NTB | date= 10 March 2009 | access-date=10 March 2009 | language= no | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090312054544/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=557287 | url-status= live | archive-date= 12 March 2009}}

• 31 July – Full City oil spill: the Panama-flagged bulk carrier, Full City, operated by COSCO, experienced engine failure and ran aground near Langesund, Telemark, Norway during a storm, spilling 200 tons of heavy bunker fuel oil in a sensitive wildlife area.{{cite news | author=Wojciech Moskwa | title=Norway police charge ship captain after fuel spill | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL391060 | work=Reuters | date=3 August 2009 | access-date=16 May 2010}}

• 14 September – The 2009 Parliamentary election takes place. Although the opposition received more votes, the governing Red-Green Coalition obtained more seats in parliament. This allowed Jens Stoltenberg to continue as prime minister.{{Cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/krd/pressesenter/pressemeldinger/2008/fastsetjing-av-valdagen-2009.html?id=508338 |title=Fastsetjing av valdagen 2009 |author=Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development |date=18 April 2008 |language=no| access-date=18 January 2009 }}

• 9 December – The Norwegian spiral anomaly initially shook thousands of witnesses in Northern Norway, as well as people across the globe, when what was later explained as a misfired Russian missile caused a spectacular light formation in the sky. The phenomenon was observed in the dark morning sky from Trøndelag through Finnmark.{{Cite news|author1=Haugdal, Marthe |author2=Andersen, Ingunn |author3=Bleikelia, Mats |author4=Enerstvedt, Vidar |url= http://www.vg.no/nyheter/vaer/artikkel.php?artid=596369 |title= Vet ikke hva den mystiske kjempespiralen er |work= Verdens Gang |location= Oslo, Norway |language= no |date= 9 December 2009 |access-date=9 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091212015217/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/vaer/artikkel.php?artid=596369| archive-date= 12 December 2009 | url-status= live}}
• 10 December – The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to U.S. President Barack Obama in Oslo.

• InFiber, a Norwegian telecommunication company is founded.{{cite web|url=http://www.infiber.no|title=Company home page|access-date=2011-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110223746/http://www.infiber.no/|archive-date=2014-01-10|url-status=dead}}

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{{main|2009 in Norwegian music}}

• 16 May – Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song Fairytale performed by Alexander Rybak, with a record-breaking 387 points.

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{{Main|Norwegian films of the 2000s#2009}}

• Per Petterson is awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize, for I Curse the River of Time.{{cite web|url=https://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/2009 |website=norden.org |title=Nordic Council Literature Prize |archive-date=10 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410182226/https://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/winners-of-the-nordic-council-literature-prize/2009 |access-date=17 November 2020 }}

{{Main|2009 in Norwegian television}}

• 150 years since the birth of author Knut Hamsun on 4 August 1859
• 100 years since the founding of the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted (Norges Blindeforbund) on 22 October 1909
• 100 years since the establishment of the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (Statens kunstakademi) on 29 November 1909
• 75 years since the Tafjorden tsunami killed 41 people in Tafjord in Møre og Romsdal on 7 April 1934. The tsunami was triggered by landslide.

• 2 January – John Olav Larssen, evangelical preacher and missionary (b. 1927)
• 3 January –
• Torleiv Moren, painter (b. 1911){{cite encyclopedia|title=Torleiv Moren|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Torleiv_Moren|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• Kjelfrid Brusveen, cross-country skier (b. 1926)[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/80743 Olympedia]
• 4 January –
• Arvid Knutsen, soccer player and coach (b. 1944)
• Leif Herbrand Eriksen, journalist and politician (b. 1921){{Cite news|title=Leif Herbrand Eriksen (obituary)|last=Strømnes|first=Åsmund L.|author-link=Åsmund L. Strømnes|date=16 January 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}
• Odd Østbye, journalist and politician (b. 1925){{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Odd Kjeld Østbye|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Odd_Kjeld_Østbye|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 July 2021}}
• 6 January –
• Magne Rommetveit, philologist (b. 1918){{Cite news|title=Magne Rommetveit (obituary)|last=Lie|first=Tove|date=16 January 2009|work=Dag og Tid|page=27|language=no}}
• Eldar Hagen, ski salesman and sports official (b. 1918){{Cite news|title=Eldar Hagen (obituary)|author=Seim-Haugen, Odd|author2=Seeberg, Sverre|date=23 January 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}
• 8 January – Björn Haugan, operatic lyric tenorNorwegian Opera Singer Björn Haugan Dies (ILGCN) [http://www.ilgcn.tupilak.org/2009/01/norwegian-opera-singer-bjorn-haugen.html]. Retrieved 30 September 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090203152304/http://www.ilgcn.tupilak.org/2009/01/norwegian-opera-singer-bjorn-haugen.html Archived] 3 October 2009.
• 11 January – Jon Tvedt, mountain runner (b. 1966){{cite news |last=Olsen|first=Bjørn Thomas|author2=Uhlving, Henrik Hylland|title=Jon Tvedt er død|url=http://www.ba.no/nyheter/article4042621.ece|work=Bergensavisen|date=11 January 2009|accessdate=11 January 2009|language=Norwegian}}
• 12 January –
• Jack Erik Kjuus, anti-immigration activist (b. 1927)
• Arne Næss, philosopher (b. 1912){{Cite news|first= Patricia |last= Sullivan |title= Philosopher Developed 'Deep Ecology' Phrase |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011504063_pf.html |work=Washington Post |date= 16 January 2009 |access-date=18 January 2009 }}
• Knut Eidem, journalist (b. 1918){{Cite news|title=Knut Eidem er død|author=Wandrup, Fredrik|date=13 January 2009|work=Dagbladet|page=45|language=no}}
• 14 January – John Sveinsson, footballer (b. 1922){{Cite news|title=John Sveinsson (obituary)|author=Gjermshus, Per|date=20 February 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}{{NFT player|60644|name=John Sveinsson}}
• 17 January – Otto Birger Morcken, chess player (b. 1910){{chessgames player|id=47628|name=Otto Birger Morcken}}
• 21 January – Astrid Folstad, actress (b. 1932){{Cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Astrid_Folstad|title=Astrid Folstad|date=25 February 2020}}
• 24 January –
• Kåre Berg, professor in medical genetics (b. 1932)
• Herman Pedersen, politician (b. 1928){{stortingetbio|HEPE|name=Herman Pedersen}}
• 29 January –
• Olaf Øen, politician (b. 1925){{stortingetbio|OL_OE|name=Olaf Øen}}
• Sjur Refsdal, astronomer (b. 1935){{cite encyclopedia|title=Sjur Refsdal|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Sjur_Refsdal|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 31 January – Arne E. Holm, artist and architect (b. 1911){{cite encyclopedia|title=Arne E Holm|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Anne Grete|last=Ljøsne|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Arne_E_Holm/utdypning|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}

• 1 February – Odd Torgeir Rusten, politician (b. 1925){{stortingetbio|ODRU|name=Odd Torgeir Rusten}}
• 2 February – Fredrik Kayser, resistance member (b. 1918){{Cite news|url=http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article785254.ece|title=Krigshelten døde mandag|last=Lura|first=Christian|date=2 February 2009|work=Bergens Tidende|language=no|access-date=8 June 2009|archive-date=5 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205134403/http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article785254.ece|url-status=dead}}
• 3 February – Åsa Solberg Iversen, politician (b. 1929){{stortingetbio|_ASIV|name=Åsa Solberg Iversen}}
• 4 February – Arnljot Eggen, lyricist (b. 1923){{Cite news|title= – En stor, politisk dikter er død |last=Müller |first= Olav Brostrup |date= 7 February 2009 |work= Klassekampen |language= no}}
• 8 February – Wenche Klouman Kerr, actress (b. 1918){{cite news|title=Wenche Klouman Kerr|last=Kvalvik|first=Bent|date=16 February 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}
• 10 February – Eva Gustavson, opera singer (b. 1917, died in the US){{cite encyclopedia|title=Eva Gustavson|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Eva_Gustavson|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 12 February – Willy Haugli, jurist and former Oslo chief of police (b. 1927){{Cite news|author1=Ihlebæk, Jostein |author2=Heyerdahl, Nicolai |author3=Jonassen, Arild M. |title=Willy Haugli er død |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2922355.ece |work=Aftenposten |language=no |date=12 February 2009 |access-date=12 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213134229/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2922355.ece |archive-date=13 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}
• 14 February – Kjersti Graver, jurist and consumer ombudsman (b. 1945){{cite encyclopedia|title=Kjersti Graver|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Kjersti_Graver|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 19 February – Jan E. Mellbye, agrarian leader (b. 1913){{cite news|title=Jan E. Mellbye (1913–2009)|page=35|work=Glåmdalen|author=Haugstad, Pål|author-link=Pål Haugstad|date=26 February 2009|language=no}}Death announcement, Nationen 21 February 2009
• 21 February – Brynjulf Alver, folklorist (b. 1924){{cite encyclopedia|title=Brynjulf Alver|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Brynjulf_Alver|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 23 February – Sverre Fehn, architect (b. 1924)
• 26 February – Ingebjørg Karmhus, politician (b. 1936){{stortingetbio|INKA|name=Ingebjørg Karmhus}}
• 28 February – Finn Christensen, artist (b. 1920){{cite encyclopedia|title=Finn Christensen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Finn_Christensen|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}

• 4 March – Triztán Vindtorn, poet (b. 1942).{{Cite news|title=Norwegian poet Triztan Vindtorn dies |url=http://international.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=13965 |work=Poetry International Web |date=9 March 2009 |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719144005/http://international.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=13965 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}
• 5 March – Bjørg Lødøen, artist (b. 1931){{cite encyclopedia|title=Bjørg Lødøen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Bj%C3%B8rg_L%C3%B8d%C3%B8en|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 6 March – Arild Eik, diplomat (b. 1943){{cite news|title=Arild Eik (obituary)|last=Lund|first=Anne|date=19 March 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=Norwegian}}
• 10 March – Geir Killingland, modeling agency executive (b. 1953).{{Cite news|first= Jeanette Pjaaka |last= Hauge |title= Miss Norway-sjefen er død |url= http://www.kjendis.no/2009/03/14/kjendis/missekaringer/geir_hamnes/5291484/ |work= Kjendis.no |language= no |date=14 March 2009 |access-date=27 March 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090318001518/http://www.kjendis.no/2009/03/14/kjendis/missekaringer/geir_hamnes/5291484/| archive-date= 18 March 2009 | url-status= live}}
• 13 March – Anne Brown, opera singer (b. 1912).{{Cite news|first= Douglas |last= Martin |title= Anne Brown, Soprano Who Was Gershwin's Bess, Is Dead at 96 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/arts/music/17brown.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries |work=The New York Times |date=16 March 2009 |access-date=27 March 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090417101230/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/arts/music/17brown.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries| archive-date= 17 April 2009 | url-status= live}}
• 16 March – Mons Espelid, politician (b. 1926){{stortingetbio|MOES|name=Mons Espelid}}
• 17 March – Jan Mohr, geneticist (b. 1921)
• 23 March – Lars Arentz-Hansen, barrister (b. 1927){{cite news|title=Lars Arentz-Hansen (obituary)|author=Eckhoff, Anders|author-link=Anders Eckhoff|author2=Wahr-Hansen, Even |author3=Mikalsen, Geir |author4=Stemshaug, Helge|work=Aftenposten|date=27 March 2009}}
• 24 March – Ole Edvard Borgen, Methodist leader (b. 1925){{cite encyclopedia|title=Ole Edvard Borgen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Ole_Edvard_Borgen|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 25 March – Knut Selmer, law professor (b. 1924){{cite encyclopedia|title=Knut Selmer|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Knut_Selmer|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 26 March – Arne Bendiksen, singer, composer and producer (b. 1926).{{Cite news|first=Rolleiv |last=Solholm |title=Arne Bendiksen has died |url=http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/21822/1/ |work=The Norway Post |agency=NTB |date=27 March 2009 |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401230731/http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/21822/1 |archive-date=1 April 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}
• 28 March – Inger Lise Gjørv, politician (b. 1938)[http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/nordtrondelag/article1300746.ece] (Norwegian)

• 2 April – Guttorm Hansen, writer and politician (b. 1920){{stortingetbio|GUHA|name=Guttorm Hansen}}
• 4 April – Jone Vadla, politician (b. 1923){{stortingetbio|JOVA|name=Jone Vadla}}
• 5 April –
• Ole Gabriel Ueland, politician (b. 1931){{stortingetbio|OLUE|name=Ole Gabriel Ueland}}
• Reidun Røed, resistance member (b. 1921)
• 12 April –
• Hans Kleppen, ski jumper (b. 1907)
• Jens Balchen, civil engineer (b. 1926){{cite encyclopedia|title=Jens Glad Balchen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Jens_Glad_Balchen|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 16 April –
• Svein Longva, economist and civil servant (b. 1943){{cite encyclopedia|title=Svein Longva|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Svein_Longva|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• Bjørg Berg, author (b. 1926){{cite encyclopedia|title=Bjørg Berg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Bjørg_Berg|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 18 April – Thor Hernes, footballer and sports official (b. 1926){{Cite news|title=Thor Hernes (obituary)|author=Gjermshus, Per|date=13 May 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}Death announcement, Budstikka 22 April 2009 p. 12
• 20 April – Ola M. Steinholt, bishop (b. 1934){{cite encyclopedia|title=Ola M. Steinholt|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Ola_M._Steinholt|language=no|access-date=19 January 2010}}
• 26 April –
• Ivar Ramstad, discus thrower (b. 1924)[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74210 Olympedia]
• Geir Hovig, radio presenter (b. 1944){{cite news|title=Geir Hovig er død|last=Hagen|first=Thor Amund|author2=Ravnestad, Jan|publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|date=27 April 2009}}
• 29 April – Steinar Lem, environmentalist (b. 1951){{cite encyclopedia|title=Steinar Lem|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Steinar_Lem|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 30 April – Bjørn Lothe, politician (b. 1952){{stortingetbio|BJL|name=Bjørn Lothe}}

• 1 May – Torstein Grythe, conductor (b. 1918){{Cite news|title=Torstein Grythe er død |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article3055313.ece |agency=NTB |work=Aftenposten |date=1 May 2009 |access-date=8 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504084822/http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article3055313.ece |archive-date=4 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}
• 2 May – Herbert Svenkerud, translator (b. 1927){{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.oversetterleksikon.no/2017/05/30/herbert-svenkerud-1927-2009/|title=Herbert Svenkerud, 1927–2009|encyclopedia=Norsk Oversetterleksikon|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 12 May – Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, screenwriter (b. 1980){{cite news|url=http://www1.vg.no/film/artikkel.php?artid=542885|title="Max Manus"- forfatter (28) er død|last=Johansen|first=Øystein David|date=13 May 2009|work=Verdens Gang|language=Norwegian|accessdate=13 May 2009}}
• 13 May – Berit Erbe, actor and theatre historian (b. 1923){{cite encyclopedia|title=Berit Erbe|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Berit_Erbe|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 19 May – Sjur Brækhus, law professor (b. 1918){{cite encyclopedia|title=Sjur Brækhus|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Sjur_Br%C3%A6khus|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 20 May – Randi Lindtner Næss, actress and singer (b. 1905){{cite encyclopedia|title=Randi Lindtner Næss|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Randi_Lindtner_Næss|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 22 May – Asle Sjåstad, alpine skier (b. 1930){{cite encyclopedia|title=Asle Sjåstad|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Asle_Sj%C3%A5stad|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}

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• 25 May –
• Haakon Lie, politician (b. 1905){{cite encyclopedia|title=Haakon Lie|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Haakon_Lie|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• Rolf Brahde, astronomer (b. 1919){{cite encyclopedia|title=Rolf Brahde|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Rolf_Brahde|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 31 May – Ingebjørg Sem, actress (b. 1931){{cite encyclopedia|title=Ingebjørg Sem|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Ingebj%C3%B8rg_Sem|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}

• 1 June – Åse Fosli, politician (b. 1924){{stortingetbio|%C3%85SFO|name=Åse Fosli}}
• 3 June –
• Geir Høgsnes, sociologist (b. 1950){{Cite news|url=http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/article1334417.ece |title=Minnes død professorkollega |publisher=Adresseavisen |first=Knut |last=Okkenhaug |date=4 June 2009 |language=no |access-date=8 June 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090611183448/http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/article1334417.ece| archive-date= 11 June 2009 | url-status= live}}
• Olav S. Platou, architect (b. 1918){{cite encyclopedia|title=Olav S. Platou|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Olav_S._Platou|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 9 June – Arne Tovik, newspaper editor and journalist (b. 1956){{Cite news|title= – En trist melding |url= http://www.ta.no/nyheter/article4389415.ece |language= no |date= 10 June 2009 |work= Telemarksavisa |location= Skien, Norway |access-date=11 August 2009}}
• 11 June – Jakob Kjersem, long-distance runner (b. 1925){{Cite news|title=Jakob Kjersem er død |url=http://www.smp.no/article/20090612/NYHETER/462425381/1002 |language=no |date=12 June 2009 |work=Sunnmørsposten |location=Ålesund, Norway |access-date=11 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615051546/http://www.smp.no/article/20090612/NYHETER/462425381/1002 |archive-date=15 June 2009 }}
• 14 June – Ragnar Frislid, writer, photographer and environmentalist (b. 1926){{Cite journal|last=Ådnem|first=Arild|author2=Haltbrekken, Lars |author3=Flatberg, Per|title=Minneord: Ragnar Frislid|journal=Natur & Miljø|publisher=Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature|issue=4/2009|pages=35|language=no}}
• 17 June – Erik Naggum, programmer (b. 1965)
• 18 June – Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer, politician and judge (b. 1923){{cite encyclopedia|title=Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Elisabeth_Schweigaard_Selmer|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 22 June –
• Kaare Langlete, lord chamberlain (b. 1931){{Cite news|title=Kaare Langlete (obituary)|first=S. Width|last=Norbak|date=6 July 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}
• Anders Bye, novelist (b. 1933){{cite encyclopedia|title=Anders Bye|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Anders_Bye|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 30 June – Mosse Jørgensen, education reform activist (b. 1921){{Cite news|url=http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/article1345438.ece |title=Mosse Jørgensen er død |publisher=Adresseavisen |agency=NTB |date=30 June 2009 |language=no |access-date=2 July 2009}}

• 1 July – Gerd Vollum, politician (b. 1920){{stortingetbio|GEVO|name=Gerd Vollum}}
• 4 July – Hildur Odlaug Os, politician (b. 1913){{stortingetbio|HIOS|name=Hildur Odlaug Os}}
• 6 July – Marius Eriksen, skier, fighter pilot, model and actor (b. 1922){{cite encyclopedia|title=Marius Eriksen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Marius_Eriksen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 December 2021}}
• 9 July –
• Ole Johannes Kløv, politician (b. 1925){{stortingetbio|OLKL|name=Ole Johannes Kløv}}
• Egil Arne Braathen, billionaire (b. 1917){{cite news|title=Den ukjente milliardæren|last=Sæter|first=Kjetil|date=27 April 2013|work=DN Magasinet|language=no}}
• 10 July – Ebba Haslund, author (b. 1917){{Cite news|author1=Skotheim, Liv |author2=Nygaard, Knut A. |title=Ebba Haslund er død |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article3164659.ece |language=no |date=11 July 2009 |work=Aftenposten |location=Oslo, Norway |access-date=11 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713023944/http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article3164659.ece |archive-date=13 July 2009 }}
• 17 July – Per Meinich, economist (b. 1931){{cite news|title=Per Meinich (obituary)|last=Rødseth|first=Asbjørn|author2=Vislie, Jon|date=30 July 2009|work=Aftenposten|author-link=Asbjørn Rødseth|language=no}}
• 24 July – Terje Moe, architect (b. 1933){{cite encyclopedia|title=Terje Moe – arkitekt|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Terje_Moe/arkitekt|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 25 July – Erling Kristiansen, cyclist (b. 1932){{cite encyclopedia|title=Erling Kristiansen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Erling_Kristiansen|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 28 July – Kjell Colding, diplomat and politician (b. 1931){{cite encyclopedia|title=Kjell Colding|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Kjell_Colding|language=no|access-date=23 February 2011}}

• 3 August – Oddvar Korme, journalist (b. 1925){{Cite news|title=Oddvar Korme (1925–2009)|last=Hauglid|first=Stein B.|author2=Møst, Morten |author3=Westlie, Bjørn|date=14 August 2009|work=Dagens Næringsliv|page=12|language=no}}
• 4 August – Ole A. Sørli, manager and record producer (b. 1946){{Cite news|title= Dollie-pappaen død |url= http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=556276 |language= no |date= 4 August 2009 |work= VG |location= Oslo, Norway |access-date=11 August 2009}}
• 5 August – Bjarne Berg-Sæther, politician (b. 1919){{stortingetbio|BJBE|name=Bjarne Berg-Sæther}}
• 8 August – Pål Kraby, barrister and businessman (b. 1932){{cite encyclopedia|title=Pål Kraby|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Pål_Kraby|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 9 August –
• Leif Husebye, newspaper editor (b. 1926){{Cite news|title=Leif Husebye (obituary)|first=Harald|last=Stanghelle|author-link=Harald Stanghelle|author2=Harberg, Kjell|work=Aftenposten|date=13 August 2009|language=no}}
• Vince Sulyok, librarian and poet (b. 1932){{cite encyclopedia|title=Vince Sulyok|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Vince_Sulyok|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 14 August – Torstein Slungård, politician (b. 1931){{stortingetbio|TOSU|name=Torstein Slungård}}
• 24 August – Leif Flengsrud, cyclist (b. 1922)[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14330 Olympedia]
• 26 August –
• Birger Skeie, businessman (b. 1951){{Cite news|url=http://www.fvn.no/lokalt/kristiansand/article695067.ece|title=Birger Skeie er død|last=Reinertsen|first=Rune Øidne|date=26 August 2009|work=Fædrelandsvennen|language=no|access-date=30 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929081321/http://www.fvn.no/lokalt/kristiansand/article695067.ece|archive-date=29 September 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
• Per Christensen, actor (b. 1934){{Cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=577929|title=Skuespilleren per Christensen er død}}
• 28 August – Ernst Magne Johansen, painter (b. 1926){{Cite news|title=Dødsfall|work=Tvedestrandsposten|page=19|date=1 September 2009|language=no}}
• 29 August – Inger Johanne Nossum, rector (b. 1930){{Cite news|title=Inger Johanne Nossum|date=7 September 2009|work=Aftenposten|first=Jan|last=Grund|author-link=Jan Grund|author2=Dovland, Tor-Inge |author3=Horndalen, Bjørn|language=no}}
• 30 August –
• Kiki Sørum, fashion journalist (b. 1939){{Cite web |url=http://www.fvn.no/kultur/article696090.ece |title = fvn.no > Moteekspert Kiki Sørum er død |access-date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062254/http://www.fvn.no/kultur/article696090.ece |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
• Åse Wentzel, singer (b. 1924){{Cite web|url=http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2006053110221088493018|title = Wentzel, Åse}}
• 31 August –
• Aksel Fossen, politician (b. 1919){{stortingetbio|AKFO|name=Aksel Fossen}}
• Asbjørn Aarseth, philologist (b. 1935){{cite news|title=Minneord|date=4 September 2009|work=Bergens Tidende|language=no}}

• 1 September – Per Nyhaug, jazz drummer (b. 1926){{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Nyhaug|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Nyhaug|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 4 September – Kåre Karlsen, politician (b. 1930){{stortingetbio|K_AKA|name=Kåre Karlsen}}
• 7 September – Torstein Tranøy, journalist (b. 1964){{Cite news|title=Torstein Tranøy, 1964–2009|first=Amund|last=Djuve|author-link=Amund Djuve|work=Dagens Næringsliv|page=8|date=9 September 2009|language=no}}
• 15 September – Torfinn Bjørnaas, resistance member (b. 1914)
• 17 September – Christian Petersen, ice hockey player (b. 1937){{cite encyclopedia|title=Christian "Kikkan" Petersen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Christian_%C2%ABKikkan%C2%BB_Petersen|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 22 September –
• Olaf Dufseth, skier (b. 1917)[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/85321 Olympedia]
• Ada Madssen, sculptor (b. 1917){{cite encyclopedia|title=Ada Madssen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Ada_Madssen|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 27 September – Martha Schrøder, politician (b. 1918){{stortingetbio|MASH|name=Martha Schrøder}}
• 28 September – Elisabeth Bang, actress (b. 1922){{cite encyclopedia|title=Elisabeth Bang|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Elisabeth_Bang|language=no|access-date=5 January 2010}}
• 29 September – Gunnar Haugan, actor (b. 1925)

• 1 October – Gunnar Haarberg, television presenter (b. 1917){{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Haarberg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Gunnar_Haarberg|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 1 October – Bjarne Karsten Vatne, politician (b. 1926){{stortingetbio|BJVA|name=Bjarne Karsten Vatne}}
• 9 October –
• Arne Bakker, football and bandy player (b. 1930)
• Paul Reine, politician (b. 1932){{stortingetbio|PARE|name=Paul Reine}}
• 13 October – Atle Jebsen, ship-owner (b. 1935){{cite encyclopedia|title=Atle Jebsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Atle_Jebsen|language=no|access-date=15 December 2010}}
• 14 October – Hans Chr. Mamen, local historian and priest (b. 1919){{cite news|title=Hans Christen Mamen til minne|last=Aarflot|first=Andreas|author-link=Andreas Aarflot|date=4 November 2009|work=Vårt Land|page=28|language=no}}
• 15 October – Tollak B. Sirnes, physician, psychiatrist and pharmacologist (b. 1922){{cite encyclopedia|title=Tollak Bakke Sirnes|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Tollak_Bakke_Sirnes|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 17 October –
• Kurt Nordbø, politician (b. 1931){{stortingetbio|KUNO|name=Kurt Nordbø}}
• Egil Oddvar Larsen, politician (b. 1923){{stortingetbio|EOL|name=Egil Oddvar Larsen}}
• 20 October – Carl Fredrik Lowzow, politician (b. 1927){{stortingetbio|CALO|name=Carl Fredrik Lowzow}}
• 21 October – Wilhelm Elsrud, forester (b. 1921){{cite encyclopedia|title=Wilhelm Fredrik Selmer Elsrud|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Wilhelm_Fredrik_Selmer_Elsrud|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 23 October – Ragnvald Høier, physicist (b. 1938){{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnvald Karl Olav Høier|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Ragnvald_Karl_Olav_H%C3%B8ier|access-date=24 December 2009}}
• 25 October – Gerhard Knoop, theatre director (b. 1920){{cite encyclopedia|title=Gerhard Knoop|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Gerhard_Knoop|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 27 October – Marit Trætteberg, chemist (b. 1930){{cite encyclopedia|title=Marit Trætteberg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Marit_Tr%C3%A6tteberg|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 29 October – Olav Hodne, missionary (b. 1921)

• 5 November – Nini Anker Dessen, textile artist (b. 1937){{cite encyclopedia|title=Nini Anker Dessen|encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon|url=http://nkl.snl.no/Nini_Anker_Dessen|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 6 November – Kjell Bartholdsen, jazz musician (b. 1938){{Cite news|title=Kjell Bartholdsen (obituary)|last=Linjordet|first=Arne|date=18 December 2009|work=Nordlys|page=44|language=no}}
• 7 November – Arne Natland, footballer (b. 1927){{cite news|title=Arne Natland døde fredag|work=Tønsbergs Blad|date=7 November 2009|language=no|author=Jamieson, Robert}}
• 11 November – Helge Reiss, actor (b. 1928){{cite encyclopedia|title=Helge Reiss|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Helge_Reiss|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 12 November – Elisabeth Aasen, politician (b. 1922){{stortingetbio|ELAS|name=Elisabeth Aasen}}
• 16 November – Anne-Sofie Strømnæs, resistance member (b. 1920){{cite encyclopedia|title=Anne-Sofie Strømnæs|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Anne-Sofie_Str%C3%B8mn%C3%A6s|access-date=24 December 2009}}
• 20 November – Leiv Erdal, politician (b. 1915){{stortingetbio|LEER|name=Leiv Erdal}}
• 21 November – Gerhard Aspheim, trombonist (b. 1930){{cite encyclopedia|title=Gerhard Aspheim|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Gerhard_Aspheim|language=no|access-date=2 December 2009}}
• 22 November – Eva Sivertsen, philologist (b. 1922){{cite encyclopedia|title=Eva Sivertsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Eva_Sivertsen|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 24 November – Alexander Pihl, professor of medicine (b. 1920){{cite encyclopedia|title=Alexander Pihl|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Alexander_Pihl|access-date=24 December 2009}}
• 28 November – Bjartmar Gjerde, politician (b. 1931){{stortingetbio|BAG|name=Bjartmar Gjerde}}

• 3 December –
• Åsmund L. Strømnes, educationalist (b. 1927){{cite encyclopedia|title=Åsmund Lønning Strømnes|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Åsmund_Lønning_Strømnes|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• Lulla Einrid Fossland, politician (b. 1917){{stortingetbio|LUFO|name=Lulla Einrid Fossland}}
• 9 December – Mia Berner, writer (b. 1923){{Cite news|title=Mia Berner er død|last=Sørheim|first=Sarah|date=10 December 2009|work=Klassekampen|pages=27|language=no}}
• 9 December – Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, Norwegian-born President of Guatemala (b. 1930, died in Guatemala)
• 11 December –
• Erland Steenberg, politician (b. 1919){{cite encyclopedia|title=Erland Steenberg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Erland_Steenberg|access-date=5 January 2010}}
• Karl Erik Zachariassen, zoologist (b. 1942){{Cite news|title=Karl Erik Zachariassen (obituary)|last=Andersen|first=Rolf A.|author2=Døving, Kjell B |author3=Sømme, Laurits S.|date=17 December 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=no}}
• 12 December – Josef Monsrud, resistance member (b. 1922){{Cite news|title=Josef Monsrud|last=Borgersrud|first=Lars|author-link=Lars Borgersrud|author2=Conradi, Morten |author3=Buan, Stein|date=22 December 2009|work=Klassekampen|page=8|language=no}}
• 13 December – Arne Næss, politician (b. 1925)
• 15 December – Per Ulven, harness racing coach (b. 1925){{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Ulven|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Per_Ulven|access-date=5 January 2010}}
• 18 December – Sidsel Tone Berntsberg, sculptor (b. 1947){{cite encyclopedia|title=Sidsel Tone Berntsberg|encyclopedia=Norsk kunstnerleksikon|url=http://nkl.snl.no/Sidsel_Tone_Berntsberg|language=no|access-date=16 December 2021}}
• 21 December – Johan E. Holand, journalist and politician (b. 1919)
• 25 December – Knut Haugland, resistance member and explorer (b. 1917)
• 26 December –
• Peder Lunde, yacht racer (b. 1918){{cite encyclopedia|title=Peder Eugen Lunde|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Peder_Eugen_Lunde|access-date=28 March 2010}}
• Tarald Weisteen, colonel (b. 1916){{cite news|title=Tarald Weisteen|work=Aftenposten|date=13 January 2010|language=no|author=Nodeland, Stein Erik}}
• Odd Kirkeby, politician (b. 1923){{stortingetbio|ODKI|name=Odd Kirkeby}}
• 29 December –
• Ottar Landfald, politician (b. 1919){{stortingetbio|OTLA|name=Ottar Landfald}}
• Harold Nicolaisen, politician (b. 1929){{stortingetbio|HANI|name=Harold Nicolaisen}}
• 30 December – Anne Valen Hestetun, politician (b. 1920){{stortingetbio|AVHS|name=Anne Valen Hestetun}}
• 31 December – Rodney Riise, ice hockey player (b. 1942)[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034926/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/rodney-riise-1.html Rodney Riise at Sports Reference]

• Fritz Hodne, historian (b. 1932)
• Bjørn Heggelund, police chief (b. 1924)
• Roar Stub Andersen, resistance member (b. 1921)
• Arvid Berglind, politician (b. 1924)
• Per Ulriksen, politician (b. 1937)
• Robert Bergsaker, missionary (b. 1914)
• Alf Blyverket, musician (b. 1929)
• Tore Brantenberg, architect and writer (b. 1934)
• Finn Sollie, political scientist (b. 1928)
• Jan Erik Stenberg, Paralympic athlete (b. 1944)
• Thorstein Thelle, popular writer (b. 1913)
• Kåre I. Torp, industrialist (b. 1923)
• Nils Viker, nature writer (b. 1911)
• Inger Vonheim, short story writer (b. 1943)
• Sverre Kongshavn, politician (b. 1926)
• Hans Fredrik Marthinussen, judge (b. 1918)
• Bernt Daniel Odfjell, ship-owner (b. 1908)
• Ivar Bjerknes, painter (b. 1922)

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